(1) Where the Supreme Court is seized of one of the appeals mentioned in section 533, it shall
state the applicable legal provisions and, in the case where the decision in question is
quashed, determine the matter by taking any one of the following measures:
(a) by cancelling anything illegal in the sentence; or;
(b) of its own motion, by passing on the convict the minimum legal sentence provided by law;
or;
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(c) of its own motion, by ordering any accessory penalty or preventive measure which ought to
have been ordered.
(2) Where the Supreme Court, of its own motion, passes a minimum sentence of loss of liberty
on the convict as provided for by law, it shall issue a warrant of arrest against him.
(3) The judgment that is quashed on an appeal made in the interest of the law by the
Procureur General of the Supreme Court shall continue to be binding on all the parties.
The decision of the Supreme Court quashing that of the lower court shall be entered in the
register of the registry of the court that delivered it.
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In force from 27 July 2005
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